D.C. joins other jurisdictions across the nation on the historic road to marriage equality. Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued the following statement after a new D.C. law recognizing marriages by same-sex couples performed in other jurisdictions[Read More…]

NEW ORLEANS–(ENEWSPF)–July 7, 2009.  The American Civil Liberties Union filed a friend-of-the-court brief today urging a federal appeals court to uphold an earlier decision requiring Louisiana to issue a birth certificate with the names of both parents to a boy who was adopted by a gay couple in New York.[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, released a statement today in the death of Seaman August Provost, 29, at Camp Pendleton in San Diego, CA. According to local media reports, the Navy and Marine Corps confirmed that a[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)– The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, issued the following statement today in reaction to the decision by the U.S. Department of Justice not to appeal an earlier court decision in Schroer v. Billington, in which a federal district court[Read More…]

WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–July 1, 2009.  The U.S. Department of Justice decided not to appeal a federal court ruling awarding transgender veteran Diane Schroer the maximum compensation for the discrimination she suffered after being refused a job with the Library of Congress. The deadline for seeking an appeal was June 30. The[Read More…]

ABOARD A MILIARY AIRCRAFT–(ENEWSPF)–June 30, 2009 – A day after President Barack Obama reaffirmed his pledge to overturn the so-called “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today he has Defense Department lawyers exploring ways to make it more flexible until the law is changed. The[Read More…]

Runners line up on Westgate near Forest Trail Middle School for a recent running of the PFRPC’sMidwinter Cruise. (Photo: ENEWSPF) Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Are you feeling the winter blahs? Are you looking for a local fun running or walking event in your area? Do you like pancakes? If you answered[Read More…]

Park Forest, IL—(ENEWSPF)— The Park Forest Nurses Club meets on the third Thursday of each month from September through May at 7:30 pm at Calvary United Protestant Church, 425 N.Orchard,corner of Lincoln Hwy. and Orchard Dr.  We began the 2011-12 year with our annual smorgasbord  September 15. Our guest speaker , Etel[Read More…]